Breaking Pernambuco Updates
June 27, 2025 | Brazil has asked CITES to move pernambuco from Appendix II to Appendix I.Brazil has asked CITES to move pernambuco from Appendix II to Appendix I.
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Protecting Threatened Species and Music Traditions
Musical instruments are indispensable to music traditions worldwide and often made from natural materials derived from species that are increasingly endangered…
Pernambuco Story
Bow makers and musicians have relied on Pernambuco for over 200 years for it’s unparalleled tone and performance qualities.
CITES Approves Revision to Pernambuco Listing
Panama City, Panama – The 19th Conference of the Parties (CoP19) to CITES (the UN Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna) today approved…
The future of pernambuco under discussion at the CITES convention in Panama City: statement given by the International Association of Violin and Bow Makers
The 19th meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) took place in Panama City…
IPCI Actions 2001 – 2022
In 2000, bow makers from France, Germany and the United States responded to the serious depletion of Brazil’s Atlantic Rainforest and pernambuco populations by forming the International Pernambuco Conservation Initiative (IPCI) to develop a plan of action.
European Commission Revised Ivory Guidance: Q&A Document – Musical Instruments
On 16 December 2021 the European Commission adopted a revised Guidance Document on the EU regime...
An Earth Day Message from Brianna Goldberg, New Alliance Board Member
When you look around the stage at an orchestra concert, do you ever think, “Look at all that...
Analysis April 2022: Seeing the wood for the trees
An ongoing criminal investigation in Brazil into the illegal trafficking of pernambuco has highlighted the continuing threat to a species prized by bow makers and string players around the world.
Pernambuco Update
The pernambuco investigation in Brazil continues. We have some important information about the DOF system in Brazil that is essential to understand to avoid purchasing illegally harvested wood.